Maya Hawke Discusses Fame & Her New Projects With The Wall Street Journal

Maya Hawke sat down with the Wall Street Journal to discuss her recent projects. The young actress just recently made her on-screen debut this past year in projects such as Little Women, Stranger Things, and Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood. Highlights from her interview are below.

On her character Robin in Stranger Things: “In the beginning, Robin’s really dry and sarcastic and tough, and I’m not. I’m really excitable and hyper and warm, especially on set.”

On working with Quentin Tarantino on Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood: “No one gets to make a movie the way Quentin gets to. We did the scenes a hundred times in different ways and shot it from every possible angle and it was really freeing and fun and playful and we pulled [four] all-nighters or something exhausting like that.”

On learning to be alone and gaining better independence from it: “Let’s put it this way: I have a lot more independence and freedom. And I really think that nothing improves your relationships more than independence. The less you need from anyone, the more you can really see them and get along and love each other. And so, that’s been the biggest change probably—is that freedom creates possibilities.”

You can check out even more from her interview here. The third season of Stranger Things is streaming now on Netflix and Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood is in theaters now.